Compare Electric Toothbrushes

Every current brush in one table, then a page for every pair. Motion, pressure sensor, battery, replacement heads, app, braces, sensitive gums, ADA Seal, and what three years actually costs. The Dyson CameraJet, new in September 2026, is in the set.

For most people: Oral-B iO Series 3 Sonic pick: Philips Sonicare 4100

Pick for most people

Oral-B iO Series 3

A round magnetic head, a pressure ring you can see, three modes, and no app tax. It is the brush we point at when someone asks for one answer. The Sonicare 4100 is the answer when the gums are the reason they asked.

  • Visible 3-color pressure ring, and the brush slows if you press
  • Daily Clean, Sensitive, Whitening
  • iO heads only. Budget the refill, not just the handle.

Which electric toothbrush should you compare first?

Six brushes cover the forks: round head, sonic, cheap classic Oral-B, the new Dyson, a head-heavy kit, and a brush that also flosses.

Lowest ongoing cost if you already like the round-head feel

Oral-B Pro 1000

  • Oscillating-rotating · 7 days battery
  • Pressure sensor onboard
  • Daily Clean on the classic one-button version
Oral-B Pro 1000: price link coming

Someone who will pay $500 to see the gaps and have a jet hit them, and who will practice the technique

Dyson CameraJet

  • Sonic + camera jet · 10 days battery
  • Pressure sensor onboard
  • Three intensities: Gentle, Variable, Deep Clean
Dyson CameraJet: price link coming

A sonic kit with years of heads in the box, if you do not need a pressure sensor

AquaSonic Black Series

  • Sonic · 30 days battery
  • No pressure sensor
  • Clean, Soft, Whiten, Massage
AquaSonic Black Series: price link coming

One countertop device if you already know you will not string-floss

Waterpik Sonic-Fusion 2.0

  • Sonic + water flosser · 14 days battery
  • Pressure sensor onboard
  • Brush, Floss, Brush + Floss
Waterpik Sonic-Fusion 2.0: price link coming

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How do you compare electric toothbrushes without a lab coat?

You compare the fields that change the mouth, then the fields that change the bill. Motion decides feel. A pressure sensor decides whether the brush will let you damage the gum. Battery decides whether it is dead on a Sunday. Head compatibility decides whether the drawer of refills you own is now trash. An app is optional. A camera and a jet are a different product, and only the Dyson CameraJet has both.

This site does not pretend we ran a plaque index on 17 handles. Every row is labeled Researched. The protocol, the weights we would use if a bench log existed, and the line between a brand claim and a measured fact are on how we compare.

What are people asking when they compare toothbrushes?

Sonic or oscillating?

Round Oral-B heads scrub one tooth. Sonicare heads sweep and throw fluid between teeth. Feel is allowed to decide. The motion guide.

Sensitive gums?

Low intensity, a sensor you can see, and a sonic sweep if roots are exposed. Sensitive gums.

What do heads cost?

Four a year. iO heads do not fit a Pro handle. That single fact moves more money than a mode list. Replacement heads.

All the owner questions · Brush Finder · Every model versus every model

Pick for most people: Oral-B iO Series 3 See the iO Series 3